Yeah! The most desired day of the week is undoubtedly Friday. This is the day that people all over the world repeat the acronym TGIF "Thank God Ít´s Friday" as a mantra. Everybody loves Friday. But, have you ever wondered why Friday is called Friday in English? If the word “day” in Friday refers to “day”, what does “Fri” refer to?
The name Friday in Old English was Frīġedæġ, which means “the day of Frige”. Frige, who has other names (Frijjō, Frigg-Frija, Frigg), was the goddess of love in old Germanic religions. She was, so to speak, Wōdanaz’s wife. Wōdanaz, is also known as Odin or Woden. He lends his name to “Wednesday” (the day of Wōdanaz). The funny thing is that in Old English “Wednesday” was “Wōdnesdæg” and in Middle English was “Wednesdei”.
Back to Friday, then. In Latin, Friday is known as “dies veneris” or “day of Venus”. In Roman mythology, Venus, is also the goddess of love. See how one name is related to other? In both traditions the day known as Friday was related to the goddess of love. That’s why people love Friday.
In Romance languages (languages which share Latin origins) the name Friday is related to the goddess of love as well: vendredi (French), venerdi (Italian), viernes (Spanish), vineri (Romanian). Portuguese is the only Romance language which gives Friday a different name. In Portuguese, we say “sexta-feira”, which refers to the sixth day of the liturgical celebration. That is so because according to the Catholic tradition it is not allowed to consecrate days to other gods and goddesses.
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By the way, today is Sunday, so have a NICE WEEK
fonte: Denilson de Lima Inglês na Ponta da Língua
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